# Nick Lyth

> Nick Lyth is a seed investor at Green Angel Ventures backing Recycling and Food and Beverage. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Green Angel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/green-angel-syndicate)
- Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-lyth-5191951
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nicklyth1
- Website: https://x.com/nicklyth1

Nick Lyth is a seed investor at Green Angel Ventures in Edinburgh focused on Recycling and Food and Beverage. Nick Lyth is co-founder and manager of Green Angel Syndicate (GAS), the first business angel syndicate in the UK to specialise in investments in energy and water sectors. He is responsible for finding and selecting the companies in which the syndicate invests, as well as business development for the syndicate. Prior to GAS, Nick founded,developed and managed International Resources and Recycling Institute, which specialised in applied research, working in European partnership projects exploring innovations in renewable energy, water management, sustainable transport, waste and recycling, and other areas of resource use. Nick has contributed to forums advising Scottish Government on water policy, and renewable energy policy; the Northern Irish Government – advising on the development of community renewable energy; has hosted presentations on renewable energy policy to the European Parliament in Brussels and has been invited to assess innovation competitions in the UK run by the Technology Strategy Board (now Innovate UK) and Scottish Government. He has also served on charitable Boards for the Big Issue Scotland, and Dundee Cyrenians, as well as many commercial Boards ranging from sectors as varied as Denholm Ship Management and Drambuie Liqueur Company. Nick is married, has three children and lives in Edinburgh.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recycling | 2 | 40% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 40% |
| Mining | 1 | 20% |
| Cycling | 1 | 20% |
| Hardware | 1 | 20% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PES Technologies | PES Technologies has created technology that powers a game-changing soil health analysis tool, allowing farmers and agronomists to make the best decisions for their farms as quickly as possible. | $2.9M | Seed | Oct 30, 2023 |  |
| New Motion Labs | New Motion Labs is a driven collection of scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs, dedicated to developing and licensing revolutionary designs for Mechanical Engineering. Nearly every mechanical component will contain a gear, belt or roller-chain drive. They all have one thing in common. They transfer power on one side of the tooth, and we referto this as ‘single engagement.’From the roller chain drives on bikes and e-bikes, to belt drives on conveyors and gear drives in transmissions. This method of engagement leads to shortcomings for each technology.Our first technology, DUAL ENGAGEMENT™ is a revolutionary method of transferring power on both sides of the sprocket tooth, leading to many advantages over roller-chains, increasing efficiency, strength and lifetime at smaller weights and sizes.Our technology enables a more efficient, more sustainable world, with smaller, lighter products with greater lifetimes. | $1.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 22, 2023 |  |
| Halocycle | Halocycle is a waste management company that provides solutions to the plastics problem. Halocycle was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in London, United Kingdom. |  | Seed | Jun 20, 2023 |  |
| Molymem | Molymem enhances the performance of filtering membranes used in separation processes including desalination and the removal of industrial contaminants. |  | Seed | May 08, 2023 |  |
| The Scottish Bee Company | The Scottish Bee Company produces Heather Honey, Blossom Honey and related products. Its health-giving ingredients are now understood to be the rival of much-vaunted Manuka Honey from New Zealand. |  | Seed | Mar 13, 2020 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GC Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gc-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Generation-Re](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/generation-re) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innovate UK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovate-u-k-) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kero Development Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kero-development-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Moorhampton Investments Limited](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moorhampton-investments-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Climate VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/potential-climate-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Green Angel Ventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Green Angel Syndicate is a provider of investors and projects internationally. The company specializes in this novel strategy for combating climate change. They look for, evaluate, and pick the inventions that will have an impact, and then they invest in them to help them grow.

5 contacts available at Green Angel Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nick Lyth | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-lyth |
| Simon Acland | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-acland |
| Andrew Poon | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-poon-ff12 |
| Christine Chisholm | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christine-chisholm-e07c |
| Helena Riese Harstad | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helena-riese-harstad |

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## FAQ

### What does Nick Lyth invest in?

Nick Lyth invests primarily in Recycling, Food and Beverage and Mining startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nick Lyth last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nick Lyth closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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